Fireball over Porter, TX
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The report, as filed
Large bright red orange fireball in sky emits two smaller fireballs then disappears.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2013-05-22 → 2013-06-08
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December 31, 2022 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
Porter, TX
Myself and another witness were outdoors celebrating the new year when we observed a single bright orange ball of light travel across the night sky. It stayed on a northerly track, did not change altitude, and took about 20 seconds to cross the horizon until it was out of view. Fireworks were being set off at the time, but this did not appear to be any kind of firework, chinese lantern, or paper on fire. It was too bright, fast, and tracked steadily. The sky was slightly foggy, but the ball of light was very visible. There was no sound. Interestingly, this is my second report of this nature. The last one was in New Caney, TX on the night of July 4, 2012. There were also fireworks being set off that night, but without the fog I could clearly see it was a ball of what looked like fire. This was a nearly identical sighting in duration and way it behaved. Also, upon talking to one of my neighbors since then, he also witnessed the one in 2012, although I did not know at the time of my report, so I did not include this information.
December 7, 2014 · 2:15 AM · LIGHT
Porter, TX
I looked up and there was a ball of light floating in the garage. It scared me and I felt that I scared it also. Then it went right through the wall. I ran outside to watch it shoot into the sky at what you could say looked like the speed of light. I am now a believer. . . In what I don't know but there is something going on.
May 11, 1997 · 12:00 PM · OTHER
Porter, TX
We saw "rocks" floating in the air, they drifted over the trees. They appeared to be floating. Atleast 10 cars were pulled over on th